Bag-tie



J. HILL. Bag-Tie. No. 225,830. Patented Mar. 23,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HILL, OF WILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG-TIE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 225,830, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed August 2, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES HILL, of Wilkesbarre, Lnzerne county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bag Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of bagties in which the tying-cord is combined with a retaining-button, the objects of my invention being to provide for the ready attachment of the cord and button to the bag, and to insure the firm retention of the end of the tyingcord when the mouth of the bag is closed.

These objects I attain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a bag with my improved tie, the mouth of the bag being open Fig. 2, the same with the mouth of the bag closed; Fig. 3, an enlarged section of part of Fig. 1, taken on the line 1 2; Fig. 4, an enlarged section of part of Fig. 2, taken on the line 3 4; and Fig. 5 a view of a modification of my invention.

A represents a bag, to which, near the upper end, is hooked one end,.r, of a wire, a, the latter passing through the eye I) of a button, B, and being provided at its opposite end with an eye or loop, d, to which is attached one end of the tying-cord D.

The button B, which is preferably struck up or otherwise formed of sheet metal, has a raised or dished central portion, c, surrounding the eye I), so that when the mouth of the bag has been secured by the tying-cord and the free end of the latter is wrapped round beneath the button, as in Figs. 2 and 4:, the coils of the cord will be forced into the dished central portion of the button, and will be thereby firmly retained, so that there is but little risk of the accidental untying of the cord. The button does not hold the end of the cord so tightly, however, that it cannot be readily unwound by hand when it is desired to open the bag.

The hooked wire at, having an eye or loop, (I, furnishes a cheap and simple means of securing the button B in place and of attaching the end of the cord D to the bag. I11 some cases both ends of the wire may be hooked, as

shown in Fig. 5, and, if desired, a washer may I the bag, adapted to the eye of the button, and having an eye or loop, (1, for the attachment of the cord D, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the bag A, the tyingcord D, and the button B, having a raised or dished central portion, 0, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES HILL. Witnesses:

W. S. PARSONS, O. W. TAMANY. 

